Improvement in baling-presses



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Belling-Press.

No. 207, 96. Patented Sept. 10, I878.

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Baling-Presvs.

No. 207,896. Patented Sept. 10,1878.

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UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIS D. 'RIDDIOK, OF BELVIDERE, NORTH CAROLINA.

IMPROVEMENT. IN BALlNG-PRESSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,896., datedSeptember 10,1878; application filed July 15, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIS D. RIDDIGK, of Belvidere, in the county ofPerquimons and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in'Baling-Presses, of which the following is aspecification:

My invention is particularly. intended for use as a cotton-press, butmay be employed for baling hay and other substances.

It will first be described in connection with the drawing, and thenpointed out in the claim.

In the accompanyin g drawing, Figure 1 represents a top View of abaling-press constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection of the same, taken in the line a: a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is adetail side view, looking toward the top of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a verticalsection taken in the line y 3 of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The working parts of the apparatus are supported by a frame-workconsisting of sills A, vertical posts A, and horizontal top rails, A Atone end of the frame, about midway of the width thereof, is located thepress-box B, which stands in an upright position, and is braced at itsupper end between the top rails, A. In

each of two opposite sides of the box B is a vertical slot, 1),extending from the top of the box nearly to, or quite to, the bottomthereof, the upper end of the slot being open. (See Fig. 4.) In each ofthe slots bis a bar, B fitted therein by longitudinal tongue andgroovejoints, and arranged to slide vertically. These bars are of a lengthcorresponding with the desired length of a finished bale.

In the lower portion of the box B are two boards or plates, B of a widthnearly equal to the difl'erence between the length of the bar B and theheight of the box B, and of alength equal to the width of said box.These boards or plates B are attached to the sides of the inner surfaceof the box, so as to cover the lower portions of the slots 1), andprevent the cotton from being pressed outward through them when theslides 13 are elevated.

In the press-box B works a follower, 0, provided with two arms, 0 0extending from opposite sides and working in the slots 12. The arms Care each provided with a staple, (1,011 the upper side, to which isattached a rope,D,

passing over apulley,E,attaohed to the upper part of the frame. Each armis also provided with a staple, f, on the under side, for the attachmentof a rope, G, as hereinafter described. The arms 0 are further providedswinging links I, for engagement with ratchet teeth m on vertical barsM, arranged on two opposite sides of the exterior of the box B, andpassing through slots 8 in the arms 0 (See Figs. 1 and 2.) v

On two opposite sides of the press-box B, journaled in boards or platesa, attached to the upright posts of the frame, are two shafts, H H, eachof which carries a groove-faced wheel, J, fixed thereon. The diameter ofthe shaft H may be about four inches, and that of the wheel about eightfeet, more or less.

At one end of the frame, about midway of its width and opposite to thepress-box B, is a capstan or upright Windlass, P, carried by a shaft, a,having its hearings in the lower and upper portionsof the frame. ThisWindlass and shaft are provided with horizontal arms R for turning it,and said arms may be at such a height as to enable themv to be worked byhand, or may be so arranged and connected as to be worked by steam orhorse power.

Two ropes, K K, connect the WiIldlZtSS or capstan P with the wheels J J,being partially wound around said wheels. One of said ropes has one endattached to a stud, p, on the windlass, and the other end attached toone of the wheels J, and the other rope has one end attached to asimilar stud, p, and the other end attached to the other wheel, J. Bothof said ropes K may be arranged to pass around pulleys Q, between thewheels J and the capstan.

The rope G, hereinbefore referred to, has one end provided with a hook,g, for engagement with the staple f on the arm 0 and the other end isattached to the shaft H, being first passed around a pulley, T, carriedby a block attached to the lower part of the frame. 7

The apparatus, constructed as above described, is operated asfollows:The slides B being raised until their lower ends are nearly as high asthe upper edge of the board or plate B, the cotton is placed in the box13 and packed down as closely as possible by hand until it reaches theheightof the upper ends of the slides 13*. The follower O is then placedin position in the box 13 above the cotton, with the arms 0 resting inthe slots b above the slides B The ropes .G are hooked to the arms, andpower is applied to rotate the capstan or vertical Windlass P. As theropes K are wound upon the Windlass P they are unwound from the wheelsJ, and by the act of unwinding they turn said wheels in a direction towind the ropes G upon the shafts H, which thus serve as windlasses,while each of the wheels J serves as a combined Windlass and lever.

By the arrangement of the parts and their proportions with relation toeach other, as described, a comparatively small amount of power isrequired to obtain an immense pressure.

As the follower is drawn downward by the ropes G it carries down with itthe slides B until their lower ends reach the bottom of the press-box.The ropes G may then be detached, the followerremoved, more cottonplaced in the box, and the pressing operation repeated until the bale iscompleted.

When the ropes G are detached the follower WILLIS D. RIDDIOK.

Witnesses:

ELIHU A. WHITE, BURT S. RIDDIcK.

